Eva Weiss was born in Kosice, in former Czechoslovakia and came to the US when she was 7 years old. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children, and a cat. She studied art at Hampshire College and Goldsmiths College, and got her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She has recently begun to study under Margaret Hurst and Veronica Lawler. she has moved away from abstract painting and toward reportage. You can find her drawing office workers commuting on a NYC subway on weekdays, and her children at a pizza parlor on the weekends.

My reportage shows the Charles W. Morgan back home at Mystic Seaport, on a very sunny yet windy day. Colors were very bright and crisp, and outlines were very sharp. I became fascinated with the outside as well as the inside of the ship, and imagined what life was like onboard. The captain's wife, Mrs.Tinkham, was seasick and spent much of her time in bed. The sailors slept in close quarter, on triple-decker bunkbeds. The sharp points protruding from the ship were a constant reminder of its function – to kill whales. There are so many stories that the ship contains and carries around.

Charles W. Morgan, Whaleship

Depicting the ship and its many sharp protruding points as weapons tinged with blood.

Charles W. Morgan, Docked

Reportage drawing of the ship, docked, with a gangway, on a very sunny yet windy day in April.

Charles W. Morgan, Water and Sky

Reportage "fauvist" drawing of the ship on a crisp Spring afternoon.

Interiors of Charles W. Morgan

Reportage drawings and imaginings of the interior of the Charles W. Morgan. I imagine what life was like for the sailors and for the Mrs. Tinkham, the captain's wife.

Reportage Drawings from onboard

These drawings depict the helm, the deck, the masts, and the slightly more spacious sleeping quarters for officers (than for the sailors).